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Another pic of the pump, date unknown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldgate_Pump

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

On its relocation in 1876, the New River Company changed the supplies to mains water.

It doesn’t pump at all nowadays